Transcatheter Interventions for Neonates with Congenital Heart Disease: A Review

Abstract

Newborns with congenital heart disease often require interventions linked to high morbidity and mortality rates. In the last few decades, many transcatheter interventions have become the first-line treatments for some critical conditions in the neonatal period. A catheter-based approach provides several advantages in terms of procedural time, length of hospitalization, repeatability and neurodevelopmental issues (usually related to cardiopulmonary bypass). The main transcatheter procedures will be reviewed, as they are now valid alternatives to conventional surgical management.

Keywords

• transcatheter interventions
• premature infants
• patent ductus arteriosus
• aortic valve stenosis
• aortic coarctation
• PDA stent